Agricultural and Food Science (AFSci) publishes original research reports on agriculture and food research in relation to primary production in boreal agriculture. Acceptable papers must be of international interest and have a northern dimension.

The fields within the scope of the AFSci include agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, environmental science, horticulture, plant and soil science and primary production-related food science. Papers covering both basic and applied research are welcome.

AFSci has no publication fee.

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Agricultural and Food Science (AFSci) publishes original research reports on agriculture and food research in relation to primary production. Acceptable papers must be of international interest and have a northern dimension. We especially welcome papers related to agriculture in Boreal and Baltic Sea Region.

The articles of the journal and its predecessors Journal of the Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland, Journal of Agricultural Science in Finland, Agricultural Science in Finland, Agricultural and Food Science in Finland, The Journal of the Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland i.e. Maataloustieteellinen aikakauskirja have been scanned to pdf-format from 1945 to 1997 and are now available for readers of the journal free of charge. The digitalization of the predecessors of Agricultural and Food Science was funded by Kopiosto and The Finnish Science Publishers Association. If any of the authors of these scanned articles do not want their article to be included in the archive, please contact the editor of the journal (editor@afsci.fi).